Lord Alan Sugar has hit out at a top UK accountancy firm for giving staff Friday afternoons off. PricewaterhouseCoopers has told its workers they can leave at lunch times on Fridays this Summer.
It comes after the company did a trial run last night, GB News reports. The move has been made after one in three Brits were reported to still be working from home at the start of 2022 due to the pandemic.
While lots of praise was given to the business, the Apprentice host branded them "lazy gits" and said the pandemic has had long lasting negative effects. "This is a bloody joke. The lazy gits make me sick," the billion pound businessman said.
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"Call me old-fashioned but all this work from home BS is a total joke. There is no way people work as hard or productive as when they had to turn up at a work location.
"The pandemic has had long lasting negative effect." And despite Lord Sugar's strong opinion, the firm laughed off the criticism and thanked him for the free publicity.
Maria Jennings, PwC’s marketing director, posted on LinkedIn: "I could add some commentary to this but given we are so lazy at PwC UK I figured I’d spend my time elsewhere.”
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